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Originally Posted by Steve W
So the lockout is in the housing correct? The electrical switch seems to be normal. Is the mechanical part really completely dumb? There's a separate two wire connector that plugs into the mechanical part that controls the lockout I'm guessing?
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No, the lockout is in the electrical part, you can test it with your screwdriver.
Now, I'll add that the lockout came along later in the years, but I don't know when. If you're is completely stock and original, it *might* be pre-lockout. If it's ever been replaced, then it has a lockout (the new part has a 964 part number).
The two wires on the mechanical part are some kind of sensor that tells something if the steering wheel lock is retracted or not. I'm not sure if it will actually prevent the car from starting. I know that you can disconnect those wires, and everything still works, so if it is actually part of the wiring harness, then it goes OPEN when the car can start, and CLOSED when the steering is locked.
The only stuff in the mechanical part is the key tumbler (your seems fine since you can turn it), a piece of metal that takes the key motion and turns the electrical part, and the simple assembly that runs the steering wheel lock...there's no other switches/lockouts/anything in there. You can (and I have) drive the car without the mechanical part installed.